ruse
IPA: rˈuz
noun
- (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
- (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.
- A city in northeastern Bulgaria.
- A surname.
- A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Ruse.
verb
- (intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
- (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
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Examples of "ruse" in Sentences
- By this time, the Germans have the ruse.
- If this was the Hopi intent, the ruse worked.
- It was a ruse to show the foolishness of men.
- The Big Book chapter to the agnostic is a ruse.
- The Hulk, only momentarily calmed, discovers the ruse.
- The airplanes were a ruse to throw people off the track.
- The ruse worked as the soldiers stopped to gather the money.
- The charade breaks down and actors begin to confess the ruse.
- The trappers considered this a ruse, but a parley was initiated.
- However Tsukiyo later discovers the ruse and escapes to the roof.